John Rocco By T.J. Russell John Rocco grew up in Barrington Rhode Island and worked in commercial shell fishing. He then went to attend the Rhode Island School of Design and School of Visual Arts in New York City. While in school he collaborated with Whoopi Goldberg on the picture book Alice. Later he went on to work with Disney Imagineering. He was behind some designs for Epcot and even Disney Quest theme parks in Disney world. More of his well known work can be seen on the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book covers, concept art from the CGI film Shrek and his own book called “Wolf! Wolf!�.